BlockBeats News, January 18th, next week Trump will lead a record-sized U.S. delegation back to Davos Forum and speak on “How Can We Cooperate in an Increasingly Competitive World?” The discussion of tariff policy, military intervention in Venezuela, and the threat to acquire Greenland will be a major highlight. The U.S. Supreme Court will also hear the case of Fed Governor Powell, whom Trump is trying to replace. The legality of Trump’s tariffs may also face a ruling next week. The upcoming macro events and data release schedule are as follows:
Monday: Trump leads delegation to attend Davos World Economic Forum Annual Meeting China’s full-year GDP growth rate for 2025, fourth-quarter GDP annual rate, full-year GDP total released
Tuesday: ECB President Lagarde and BlackRock CEO Fink attend a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum
Wednesday: Trump speaks on “How Can We Cooperate in an Increasingly Competitive World?” at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Thursday: ECB releases minutes of December monetary policy meeting U.S. initial jobless claims up to January 17th U.S. November core PCE price index, personal spending rate U.S. Q3 real GDP, core PCE price index annualized quarterly rate final value, real personal consumption expenditure quarterly rate final value Japan December core CPI annual rate Bank of Japan interest rate decision and economic outlook report up to January 23, press conference by Kuroda and Iwata on monetary policy
Friday: U.S. January University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index final value, U.S. January one-year inflation rate expectation final value
